Officials have identified a man killed in a shooting at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex Tuesday that led to a SWAT standoff and ended without an arrest.
Officers were called to the Columbia Parkside at Mechanicsville complex on McDaniel Street just before noon after getting reports of a person shot, Atlanta police said. A man was found suffering from a gunshot wound at the scene and was taken to the hospital, where he died hours later.
The victim was identified as 37-year-old Eric James of Atlanta by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
After the shooting, a “possible suspect” was believed to be in one of the units at the complex, according to police. Authorities said that person refused to come out of the apartment, leading police to call in a SWAT unit.
Around 7:30 p.m., police said SWAT members were not able to locate the person inside the apartment. Officials did not say if the person had been confirmed as a suspect.
The apartments are just around the corner from Dunbar Elementary School, but Atlanta Public School representatives said the incident did not affect operations. A “handful of students” who live in the Columbia Parkside apartments were picked up early by their parents, a school system representative said.
No other information about the incident has been released.
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